Transparency in
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Transparency is related to credibility, trust, social responsibility and ethics. In turn, all of those concepts are closely associated to a greater or lesser participation of a collective. Rawlins (2009) links transparency with confidence. According to the author, the more transparent an organization is, the more confident and involved employees customers and suppliers are. But if transparency is to be effective, it must be measured. In all kinds of companies; —but particularly so in cooperatives— transparency is a central element to attain the involvement of partners. In recent years, cooperatives have witnessed a democratic cooling. The reason for this cooling is to be found in the growing distance between cooperative members and their managing bodies. That lack of involvement of cooperative members has had a negative impact on the democratic character of the cooperative. Our hypothesis is that lack of transparency has been one of the fundamental reasons that have led to feelings of distrust and alienation on the part of the cooperative members
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